China’s Death Penalty Threats for Taiwanese Independence Advocates Build on Previous Efforts to Intimidate

OVER THE WEEKEND, Chinese courts announced new legal guidelines that include the death penalty for supporters of Taiwanese independence. These individuals are termed “diehard Taiwanese independence separatists,” with the death penalty specified for “ringleaders” of Taiwanese independence. Some have interpreted the measures, then, as threatening the death penalty for Taiwanese political leaders.

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